Turkey ($1.48 billion), Russia ($1.14 billion) and China ($1.07 billion) were Georgia’s top trading partners in total external trade turnover in January-September, preliminary data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia showed.
In the reporting period Georgia’s top trading partners by exports were China ($478.3 million), Russia ($426.2 million) and Azerbaijan ($400.2 million), while top trading partners by imports were Turkey ($1.24 billion), Russia ($718.8 million) and China ($599.9 million).
The top three export items were copper ores and concentrates ($571.7 million, 19.2% of total exports), motorcars ($338.2 million, 11.3%) and ferroalloys ($316.5 million, 10.6%).
The top import commodities were motorcars ($632.5 million, 9% of total imports), petroleum and petroleum oils ($576.3 million, 8.2%) and copper ores and concentrates ($530.2 million, 7.5%).
Georgia’s external trade turnover amounted to $10 billion in January-September, up by 22.3%.
The value of exports increased by 24% and totaled $2.98 billion, while imports by 21.6%, amounting to $7.02 billion. (Agenda/Business World Magazine)
